"Informative, engaging text and vivid photos introduce readers to the predatory lives of snakes"--

Simple text and dynamic close-up photographs bring young readers face-to-face with anacondas. Your students will learn about body parts, how the snakes hunt, habitat, nesting, and their ability to hold their breath under water. The book also features information on snake handlers and what to do if you're attacked. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Many boas are known as large, powerful snakes. They hunt by constricting their prey. Find out more in Boas, one of the titles in The World of Snakes.

Children are fascinated by animals--from the smallest to the most dangerous. These books build on that fascination by making the reader an animal detective. Let readers uncover the facts about the animals we share our world with. Each title features profiles of individual animals, with details about how they live, a fact file, and range map.

"If ever you spy a hooded snake rising from the ground, it's imperative you keep away! Cobras are venomous-and that venom is deadly. Cobras have incredible senses and ways of hunting that readers learn all about in this book. Accompanied by full-color photographs of cobras in action, the main text introduces readers to all the different kinds of cobras and details their diet, body, behavior, habitat, and even their life cycle. Science content is both...